Columbia Market Nursery School
0.6 miles56 pupils
State-funded · Nursery · Hackney
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 129 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 129 census January 2026
- Headteacher
- Ms Lisa Clarke
- Address
- 20 Halcomb Street, Hoxton, London, N1 5RF
- Borough
- Hackney
- Telephone
- 02077499850
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100213
- Website
- cometnurseryandcc.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Nursery places are applied for directly, not through the Reception or Year 7 process. A nursery place does not guarantee a Reception place at any school.
Inspection
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 4 June 2024: School remains Outstanding
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Outstanding, given on 4 February 2015
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 20.3% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 61.7%
- Receiving SEN support
- 26.1%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 3.5%
- Girls / boys
- 46% / 54%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Pupil to teacher ratios - school level · 2025/26 (school workforce census, November 2025) · last checked 9 October 2026
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre and Columbia Market Nursery School0.6 miles apart
- Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre and Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre1.7 miles apart
- Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre and Wentworth Nursery School and Children's Centre1.7 miles apart
- Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre and Alice Model Nursery School1.8 miles apart